O, I Am a Lonely Painter
I live in a can of paint, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. I’ve been painting the dining room for forever. So many different sections of wall, so many little issues to […]
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Long Time No Blog
14 days of school left. Something like 8 lunches left to pack. On June 17, I’m getting in the van and driving… many hours, any direction. It’s been a blur, […]
Tend Your Own Garden
Every day, one of the first things I do is walk through the garden and see what’s growing. I wish very much that I had been building beds all winter […]
Feeling Skechy
Heyyy, its March 8, the Day Without a Woman. Apparently some of the keys on my keyboard are female because they have decided to not work, so bear wit me […]
December Garden
Earlier this week, we had two days of mild temperatures, so I decided to harvest all the carrots ahead of the deep freeze that was coming and in which we […]
Every Night Is a Saturday Night
This week is odd. The boys are at a camp at their school from 8 to 3 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So we get up early, I make lunches, etc. […]
Snowed In
The Blizzard of 2016/Winter Storm Jonas has come and gone. I’m still not planning on going anywhere today; waiting for the sun to melt my car out. We were able […]
Christmas Reckoning
December 28th, time to sum up Christmas. In literal terms, the sums I spent were comparable to last year. Not as small as they could have been, but not as […]
Winter Solstice
Today is the nadir of the year. After today, the sun starts coming back, ever so slowly. Although the sun has been sticking to its script, the weather has not. […]
We’ll Have to Muddle Through Somehow
Sing it, Judy Garland. Muddling through this crazy week of half-days, parent-teacher conferences, and PTA activities. It’s kind of nice having the kids home earlier. They have had some playdates […]
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